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Bus Driver Charged With Homicide, Had Cocaine in System During Crash That Killed Cornell Alumna, Prosecutors Say

By Sarah Skinner | November 21, 2018

Prosecutors said bus driver Charles Dixon had traces of cocaine in his bloodstream and that the Cornell alumna who died had texted 911 minutes before the crash, warning of Dixon’s erratic driving.

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In Wake of Fatal Bus Crash, Big Red Bullet Riders Recall ‘Dangerous’ Behavior of Company’s Drivers

By Sarah Skinner | October 18, 2018

Two people filed complaints with Big Red Bullet in the last year, one of which resulted in the company terminating a bus driver, according to an email from the company obtained by The Sun.

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Police: Big Red Bullet Bus Driver Said He ‘Fell Asleep at the Wheel’ Before Crash That Killed Cornell Alumna

By Sarah Skinner | October 17, 2018

The driver of the Ithaca-to-New-York-City bus that crashed, killing Rebecca Blanco M.B.A. ’17, told police that he “fell asleep at the wheel,” a Pennsylvania state trooper told The Sun on Wednesday.

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U.S. Regulator Investigating Big Red Bullet’s Compliance After Bus Crash That Killed Cornell Alumna

By Sarah Skinner and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs | October 16, 2018

A Transportation Department agency opened a compliance investigation into Big Red Bullet, the private charter bus company whose bus veered off a Pennsylvania highway Sunday, killing a Cornell alumna and crashing into several trees.

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Cornell Alumna Dies in Bus Crash on Way From Ithaca to New York City

By Sarah Skinner | October 16, 2018

Rebecca Blanco M.B.A. ’17, of Vacaville, Calif., was killed in the crash, authorities confirmed.

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Big Red Bullet Suspends Service, Citing Bus and Website Improvements

By Josh Girsky | August 9, 2016

The company will be adding completely new buses to its fleet, along with additional amenities that the company hopes will make its rides “more convenient and pleasurable.”

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cornellsunThe Cornell Daily Sun@cornellsun·
2 Jan

From a crowded ClubFest and winning hockey games to weekly protests and deserted classrooms — here’s a look back at 2020, in photos.

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1 Jan

A raging pandemic. Climate justice protests. A racial justice movement. A nail-biter election week. This was 2020.

Here is a glimpse — beyond Instagram stories and Zoom backgrounds — of what the year actually looked like for Cornellians.

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1 Jan

The year ticked by in numbers — so The Sun tallied them. The 22 emails from President Martha Pollack. The 351 coronavirus cases on campus this fall. Here’s 2020 in the numbers that defined it.
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